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. U ATS AEN OFFICE.

ALLEN A. BOWSER, O F FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO S. F. BOWSER &COMPANY, OF

FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

FILTER. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed June 23, 1906. Serial m5. 323,043.

T 0 all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN A. Bowsna, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort VVa e, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filters, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates especially to filters for filtering gasolene andsimilar liquids, and has for its primary object to provide an im )ro'vedand simple form of filter which may e placed in the gasolene pipe at anydesired point in the length thereof, and which will serve to arrestwater and dirt and catch the same in such a way that they may be drawnoff without any material loss of the gasolene.

Nith a view to the other objects which will hereinafter appear, theinvention consists in the features of novelty which will now bedescribed with reference tothe accompanying drawings, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the said drawingsl igure l is a vertical longitudinal section of afilter embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereoftaken on the line 2, 2, Fig; 1. And Fig. 3 is a plan view showing theface of the upper half or cover.

The body or casing of the filter is composed of two main members, 1, 2,in one of which is formed an inlet'3, which may be ta ped for a pipeconnection, while in the ot 18K is formed an outlet 4, which may besimilarly tapped. .These two members 1 '2, as shown in plan view, haveconsiderable area or-width, while their depth is but slight,

and clamped between their meeting faces isa diaphragm 5 of chamois-skm,through attainment of these. ends, and the accomphshment of certain ifnga blow-off cock 7. The two;main members of the filter casing are thusfirmly bound together on the edges of the ehamois-skin diaphragm byscrews 8, or other suitable means, and in order that the pressure-maynot unduly distort the chamois diaphragm, it is reinforced on the upperside, or side removed from the gasolene pressure, by a wire-gauzediaphragm 9, also clamped between the meeting faces of the members 1, 2.[This in turn 'is reinforced by asnumber of ribs 10 formed on the uppersection or member 1, and extending acrossthe wire-gauzedia hragm atsuitable intervals, as shown in ig. 3, these being preferably arrangedin the direction of llow, so as not to interfere with the free dischargeof the filtrate.

I claim:

' In the device for the purpose described, the combination of a flat orshallow casing embodying two separable members, one having aninlet andthe other an outlet formed in the edges thereof, the member having the.inlet opening being also provided with a trap, a diaphragm composed ofchamois skin dividing said easing intoan inlet compartment and an outletcompartment and having its edges between said members, and spaced ribsformed'along the inn r face of one of the members in which the outlet isformed in the direction from the inlet to the outlet and bearing againstsaid diaphragm, said members being secured together so that the inletand outlet openings' will be disposed diai'netrically opposite to eachother and with the trap located between the inlet and the outletopenings In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification, in the presence o! two subscribing witnesses, of 'June A.D. 1906.

. ALLEN A. BOWSER Witnesses:

WILLIAM A..,BUSCH,

C. F. HATMAKER.

on this 18th day

